The Board has granted service connection for the Veteran's muscular dystrophy, finding that it pre-existed service but was aggravated by active duty service.
The deciding factor: The medical evidence established a permanent increase in severity of the pre-existing muscular dystrophy during the relevant period of service and rebutted any presumption against aggravation.
- Claimed conditions
- muscular dystrophy
- How they argued it
- Aggravation of a pre-existing condition
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- January 29, 2026
- Citation
- A26008766
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What this means for you
A grant means the Board agreed the veteran was entitled to the benefit. Decisions like this show the kind of evidence and arguments that tend to succeed for claims like it.
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Related decisions
Other Board decisions on a similar condition or argued the same way.
- Granted
The Board has granted service connection for muscular dystrophy, glycogen storage myopathy, and minicore myelopathy.,Service connection is also granted for respiratory disability (COPD) due to environmental exposure.
- Remanded (sent back)
The Board has decided to remand the case due to inadequate opinions from a private doctor and VA examiner regarding the nature of the Veteran's muscular dystrophy, its relationship to service, and whether it is a congenital defect or disease. The Veteran will need to undergo a new VA examination.
- Granted
The Board has granted service connection for muscular dystrophy, finding that the Veteran's condition was aggravated by his active service.
- Remanded (sent back)
The Board has determined that the Veteran's claim for service connection for muscular dystrophy is remanded due to a failure to provide a VA examination and an incomplete record. The Veteran needs to be examined by a medical professional to determine if his muscular dystrophy is related to his military service.
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